(2) For the determination of the period subject to division referred to in paragraph (1)(c), if no division of annuity benefits between the interested parties has been approved by the Minister and if the period during which the interested parties cohabited is not specified in a court order or agreement, the period during which the interested parties cohabited begins and ends on the dates stated in the statutory declaration referred to in subsection 13(3). If the judge and the spouse, former spouse or common-law partner have not ceased to cohabit, the period ends on the last day of the month before the month in which the request is made.

It specifies that, under national law, the courts determine the legal consequences of such an infringement by taking into account the interests served by the extension of detention and that they are therefore not required to annul an extension decision adopted without the interested party being heard beforehand if the interest served by keeping the party concerned in detention is considered to be a priority.

(15) It is necessary to lay down the manner in which interested parties should be given notice of the information which the authorities require; interested parties should have ample opportunity to present all relevant evidence and to defend their interests; it is also necessary to set out the rules and procedures to be followed during the investigation, in particular the rules whereby interested parties are to make themselves known, present their views and submit information within specified time limits, if such views and information are to be taken into account; whilst respecting commercial confidentiality, it is necessary to allow i ...[+++]nterested parties access to all information pertaining to the investigation which is relevant to the presentation of their case; it is necessary to provide that, where parties do not cooperate satisfactorily, other information may be used to establish findings and that such information may be less favourable to the parties than if they had cooperated.

Moreover, interested parties should keep in mind that the Commission's decision-making is based on the principle of collegiality, that is to say only the College of Commissioners is entitled to weigh up the pros and cons put forward in a consultation process and to adopt a final position in the Community interest.

...eived contributions from interested parties in the postal sector; Whereas it is necessary to fix the main objectives of the development of postal services in the Community, in accordance with the Treaty; 1. GIVES ITS SUPPORT: to the general approach contained in the Commission's Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services; 2. TAKES NOTE OF: the consultation which took place between the interested parties and the resulting Commission communication on the guidelines for developing Community postal services, certain aspects of which nevertheless remain to be considered in detail with a view to reaching an o ...[+++]verall agreement; 3. REAFFIRMS: that a political agreement with the full participation of both the European Parliament and the Council is the best way of encouraging the implementation of the future Community policy in the postal sector; 4. DECLARES THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE MAJOR POLICY GOALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY: 4.1. defining at Community level a universal service that will be the minimum set of quality services which must be provided in each Member State at reasonable prices for all users and with non- discriminatory access to the universal service; 4.2. ensuring the economic and financial viability of the provision of the services constituting the universal service at a reasonable price for all, by defining a sector of appropriate dimensions which may be reserved for universal service providers according to the principle of proportionality; 4.3. furthering the gradual, controlled liberalization of the postal market in accordance with the objectives set out above, the rules of the Treaty and users' interests and a durable guarantee of the provision of the universal service and reconciling the two; 4.4. working out quality standards for the services constituting the universal service, monitoring independently the quality of the services and publishing the results. ...

The decision taken today allows aid in the agricultural sector at up to 100 % provided all of the following conditions are met. - it is of general interest to the particular sector (or sub-sector) concerned, without unduly distorting competition in other sectors (or sub-sectors). - information be published in appropriate journals, with at least national distribution and not limited to members of any particular organisation, to ensure that any operator potentially interested in the work can readily be aware that it is, or has been, carried out, and that the results are, or will be made available, upon request, to any interested party. This information shall be published no later than any which may be given to members of any particular organi ...[+++]sation. - the results of the work are made available for exploitation by all interested parties, including the beneficiary of the aid, on an equal basis in terms both of cost and of time. - the aid fulfils the conditions foreseen in Annex 2 -"Domestic support : the basis for exemption from the reduction commitments" to the Agreement on Agriculture concluded during the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations (OJ No L 336 of Dec 23, 1994, p 31).